Access to Justice
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September 02, 2025
LSM annual report a ‘comprehensive’ look at fiscal year, road ahead: president
As Manitoba’s law society takes stock of its most recent fiscal year, the regulator’s new president aims to continue the work of minding lawyers’ well-being as part of a new strategic plan. Law Society of Manitoba (LSM) president Kyle Dear recently sat down with Law360 Canada to discuss the recent release of the law society’s 2025 annual report — a 31-page snapshot of the regulator’s latest fiscal year, which ran from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025.
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September 02, 2025
Decision suggests root causes of offending sometimes more insidious than offence itself
Kenneth Conrad Izzard’s name first appeared in the Vancouver Sun on Jan. 10, 2015. The news report concerned the 29-year-old’s arrest for manslaughter after the body of 49-year-old Jeffery Scott Nasa-Dyke was found in East Vancouver. Nasa-Dyke had been missing since mid-November 2014. Izzard was found guilty of using a hammer to fatally beat the drug dealer on the head over $30. Izzard was sentenced to five and a half years.
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September 02, 2025
Bianca Kratt assumes CBA presidency alongside new, returning board members
Bianca Kratt has begun her year as the Canadian Bar Association (CBA)’s president with a focus on strengthening the resilience of the legal profession, according to an announcement from the association.
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August 29, 2025
The significance of assistants in parole hearings
Individuals who are serving federal sentences of over two years have the right to apply for day parole and will be scheduled for full parole consideration at the appropriate time.
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August 29, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal denies bail in gun trafficking case
It did not make the front page of the Cornwall Standard-Freeholder on Jan. 13, 2023, when it was reported that four people, including Brandon Laffin, then 38, were facing various charges following a police search of a residence on International Road.
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August 29, 2025
A wake-up call for Canadian justice
In a moment of remarkable candour before the French senate on June 10, 2025, Microsoft’s director of public and legal affairs, Anton Carniaux, delivered an admission that should send a shock wave through Canada’s justice system.
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August 28, 2025
Ontario court rejects off-reserve Indigenous child welfare class action as non‑justiciable
The Ontario Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Ontario and Canada systematically underfunded social services and operated a child welfare regime that separated off-reserve Indigenous children from their families causing them widespread harm.
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August 28, 2025
Court of Appeal dismisses Crown request for jail in sexual interference appeal
M.F. was a 17-year-old when he had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. The two knew each other and knew their respective ages. M.F. was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference and sentenced to 24 months’ probation on the sexual interference charge. The finding of guilt for sexual assault was stayed pursuant to Kienapple v. R., [1975] 1 S.C.R. 729.
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August 27, 2025
Law Foundation of Ontario celebrates 50 years in 2024 annual report
The Law Foundation of Ontario is marking its golden anniversary as part of its annual report for 2024. Last year marked the Law Foundation of Ontario’s 50th anniversary — making that year’s report a milestone paper in the life of the organization. In their joint introductory message, chair Linda Rothstein and CEO Lisa Cirillo stated that 2024 represented the organization’s “largest single granting year.”
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August 27, 2025
Investigation into Google sparks privacy commissioner’s finding to delist some search results of names
After an investigation into a case against Google by an individual who was previously charged with criminal activity, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Philippe Dufresne, has concluded that individuals have the right to have certain information about them delisted from search engine results when their name is searched online, in limited circumstances.